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  • Syndromic Surveillance for Situation Awareness: Understanding Syndrome Performance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse in Idaho was anticipated to lead to a large influx of visitors in many communities, prompting a widespread effort to assure Idaho was prepared. To support these efforts, the Idaho Syndromic Surveillance… read more
    … syndromic surveillance using emergency department (ED) visit data contributed to the National Syndromic … for several days after the visit. Chief complaint (CC) text and discharge diagnosis (DD) codes are the primary … variables adversely affects timely syndrome match of visits. Because our plan included development of new …
  • Chemical Spill in Kansas: Importance of Sharing Information Across Sites

    Content Type: Success Stories

    On October 21, 2016, at 8:02 am, a distilling plant in Kansas accidentally mixed sulfuric acid and sodium hypochloride, releasing a plume of chlorine gas. The respiratory effects of breathing chlorine gas can be felt almost immediately and can be… read more
    … experienced respiratory problems and sought medical care. One employee was taken to Hospital A, a participant in … analyzing data from Hospital A. On the day of the spill, visits increased nearly four-fold, far exceeding the … data knew the demographics and recognized anomalies in visit counts. As patient counts increased, epidemiologists …
  • Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series #3: Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition for Monitoring Opioid Related ED visits and Drug Overdose Surveillance Using Death Record, Poison Control, and ED Data

    Content Type: Webinar

    This is the third installment of the ISDS Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series, held on July 27, 2017. Click here for Part 1 of the Opioid… read more
    … of the reported Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis (CC and DD) in SyS ED data.  In addition, the consistency of … Case Definition for Monitoring Opioid Related ED visits in the Colorado North Central Region (CO-NCR), State … level information by using CCDD • Assess consistency of CC and DD reporting in SyS • Cross validation between …
  • Using Emergency Department Data for Detection of a Synthetic Marijuana Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timely access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, allows for early outbreak detection and prompt response by public health officials.BioSense 2.0 is a cloud-based application that… read more
    … access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, … marijuana (SM). We used this event to test the use of CC field of ED data for detection of a novel public health … access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, …
  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The public health problem identified by Alabama Department of Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (AlaSyS) was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … in ESSENCE were not reliable for up to a week after the visit date due to slow processing, server downtime, and … report to assess the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits that mentioned heroin in the chief complaint (CC), depending on the status of the data coming from the …
  • GIS Mapping of Occupational Health Visit Data from a Southeastern Ontario Tertiary Care Hospital

    Content Type: Abstract

    Health care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of exposure to infectious agents including (among others) tuberculosis, influenza, norovirus, and Clostridium difficile as a consequence of patient care1,2 Most occupational transmission is… read more
    … Health care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of exposure to … floors and departments of a Southeastern Ontario tertiary care hospital for the purpose of monitoring respiratory and … gastrointestinal (GI)-related Occupational Health (OH) visits among hospital employees. Document …
  • Beyond Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Violence-related injuries are a major source of morbidity and mortality in NC. From 2005-2014, suicide and homicide ranked as NC's 11th and 16th causes of death, respectively. In 2014, there were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due… read more
    … violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data …
  • July 2020 AMC Site Administrator Update

    Content Type: Webinar

    The NSSP Team demonstrated new features of the Access and Management Center (AMC) tool on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. This webinar included a demonstration of the following features:
    • Data Access and Sharing Permissions…
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    … subsyndromes, or Chief Complaint/Discharge Diagnosis (CC/DD) categories Reporting Summarize data any given user … subsyndromes, or Chief Complaint/Discharge Diagnosis (CC/DD) categories Reporting Summarize data any given user … July 2020 AMC Site Administrator Update …